Modern Christian hymns have been inspired by the words of the prophet Habakkuk.

Modern gay Christian leader Justin R. Cannon promotes what he calls " Inclusive Orthodoxy " ( not to be confused with the Eastern Orthodox Church ).

Modern studies represent Hypatia's death as the result of a struggle between two Christian factions, the moderate Orestes, supported by Hypatia, and the more rigid Cyril.

Modern scholarship dating from the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement of 19th century Germany, as well as textual analysis influenced by the 20th Century discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, suggests that dating from this period there existed " liturgical formulations of a communal nature designated for particular occasions and conducted in a centre totally independent of Jerusalem and the Temple, making use of terminology and theological concepts that were later to become dominant in Jewish and, in some cases, Christian prayer.

Modern Lebanon's constitution, drawn up in 1926, specified a balance of power between the various religious groups, but France designed it to guarantee the political dominance of its Christian allies.

“ Mary versus Eve: Paternal Uncertainty and the Christian View of Women .” Neophilologus: International Journal of Modern and Mediaeval Language and Literature 95 ( 4 ) 2011: 507-521.

* The most important work by Paul S. Fiddes is The Creative Suffering of God ( Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992 ); see also his short overview " Process Theology ," in A. E. McGrath, ed., The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Modern Christian Thought ( Oxford: Blackwell, 1993 ), 472 – 76.

The Book of Psalms ( Tiberian: Təhillîm ; Modern: Tehillim, ת ְ ה ִ ל ִּ ים, or " praises "), commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Islamic Zabur.

Modern Christian ideas on intra-religious pluralism ( between different denominations of Christianity ) are discussed in the article on Ecumenism.

Modern Christian descriptions of the New Testament teaching in this area focus on Gentile inclusion in God's plans, without much if any consideration of Jewish exclusion.

Modern scholars regard this claim as mistaken, as the contemporary historians of science David C. Lindberg and Ronald L. Numbers write: " there was scarcely a Christian scholar of the Middle Ages who did not acknowledge sphericity and even know its approximate circumference.

Modern American creationism arose out of the theological split over modernist higher criticism and its rejection by the Fundamentalist Christian movement which promoted Biblical literalism and, post 1920, took up the anti-evolution cause led by William Jennings Bryan.

Modern Ramallah was founded in the mid-16th century by the Haddadins, a Jordanian tribe of brothers descended from Ghassanid Christian Arabs.

* Steiner, Rudolf ( 1965 ) Rosicrucianism and Modern Initiation: Mystery Centres of the Middle Ages: Six lectures given in Dornach, 4 – 13 January 1924 ( translation of Steiner, Rudolf ( 1950 ) Mepterienstätte des Mittelalters: Rosenkreuzertum und Modernes Einweihungsprinzip, printed as volume two of The Mission of Christian Rozenkreuz ) R. Steiner, London, OCLC 7209265 ; see full text from the Rudolf Steiner Archive

* Manas, John H., Divination Ancient and Modern: An Historical Archaeological and Philosophical Approach to Seership and Christian Religion, Kessinger Publishing, 2004.

* Emil Christian Hansen, the father of Modern Brewing: At the Carlsberg Laboratories in Copenhagen, he was the first to discover that yeast was composed of different kinds of fungi and that the yeast culture could be cultivated.

Modern Christian views vary as to whether witchcraft is a generalterm for communion with evil, or a specific form of religious system and practice.

* Religious Postures: Essays on Modern Christian Apologists and Religious Problems ( Open Court, 1988 ) ISBN 0-8126-9070-2

Agape ( or ; Classical Greek:, agápē ; Modern Greek: ) is one of the Koine Greek words translated into English as love, one which became particularly appropriated in Christian theology as the love of God or Christ for humankind.

* Christian Fuchs ( 2004 ) The Antagonistic Self-Organization of Modern Society.

In contrast, some Modern Orthodox rabbis such as Eugene Korn and David Hartman hold that in some cases, the primary issue in Confrontation is no longer valid ; some Christian groups no longer attempt to use interfaith dialogue to convert Jews to Christianity.

The term " modern " ( Latin modernus from modo, " just now ") dates from the 5th century, originally distinguishing the Christian era from the Pagan era, yet the word entered general usage only in the 17th-century quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns — debating: " Is Modern culture superior to Classical ( Græco – Roman ) culture?

Modern Christian formulations of this tension include Supersessionism, Covenant Theology, New Covenant Theology, Dispensationalism and Dual-covenant theology.

* Barrett, David B., George T. Kurian, and Todd M. Johnson, World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World, 2 vols.

Modern Roman Catholic churches often have a crucifix above the altar on the wall ; for the celebration of Mass, the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church requires that, " on or close to the altar there is to be a cross with a figure of Christ crucified ".

* In Modern days, the following churches are called Jacobite Church:

The earliest stone churches in Russia featured Byzantine style domes, however by the Early Modern era the onion dome had become the predominant form in traditional Russian architecture.

Modern gospel began in African American churches in the 1920s, in the form of worshipers proclaiming their faith in an improvised, often musical manner ( testifying ).

Modern Socinians ( in Christological terms ) include the small number of " Biblical Unitarian " churches such as Christadelphians and the Church of the Blessed Hope, though these churches are not direct descendants of the Polish Brethren.

Modern congregationalism in the U. S. is split into three bodies: the United Church of Christ, with which most local Congregational churches affiliate ; the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches ; and the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, an evangelical group.

Modern Protestants generally regard the adelphoi as Mary's biological children, by Joseph ; since these churches usually view Jesus as the son of God, rather than of Joseph, the adelphoi are seen as Jesus ' half-brothers.

Modern mission techniques are sufficiently refined that within ten to fifteen years, most indigenous churches are locally pastored, managed, taught, self-supporting and evangelizing.

He was editor of Hymns Ancient and Modern, still the standard hymn book in many Anglican churches today, and also wrote the hymn tune Crucifer for the popular processional hymn Lift High the Cross.

When the book was published, High and Broad churches used Hymns Ancient and Modern, and Evangelical churches normally used the Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer.

The area has a proliferation of churches, including the Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic ( including Our Lady of Good Counsel, designed by noted Modern architects Gillespie, Kidd & Coia ), Baptist, Salvation Army, independent Evangelical churches, Plymouth Brethren, Charismatic, one Scottish Episcopal Church and a Christadelphian presence.

Modern writers tend to be slightly more critical of Agesilaus ' reputation and achievements, reckoning him an excellent soldier, but one who had a poor understanding of sea power and siegecraft.

Modern theories tend to be " higher-dimensional " including quantum field and string theories.

Modern ICBMs tend to be smaller than their ancestors, due to increased accuracy and smaller and lighter warheads, and use solid fuels, making them less useful as orbital launch vehicles.

Modern religious groups tend to avoid such symbolism and some may be quite uncomfortable with the concept.

Modern animals that possess feathery or furry coats, like Velociraptor did, tend to be warm-blooded, since these coverings function as insulation.

Modern designs tend to have a very wide beam and a flat bottom aft, to provide buoyancy preventing an excessive heel angle and to promote surfing and planning.

Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations.

Modern physics is becoming increasingly specialized, where researchers tend to focus on a particular area rather than being " universalists " like Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Lev Landau, who worked in multiple areas.

Modern theorists, however, tend to see this as an unsatisfactory generalisation.

In Modern Hebrew, a Semitic language, most nouns have only singular and plural forms, such as ספר " book " and ספרים " books ", but some have distinct dual forms using a distinct dual suffix ( largely nouns pertaining to numbers or time, such as אלפיים " two thousand " and שבועיים " two weeks "), some use this dual suffix for their regular plurals ( largely body parts that tend to come in pairs, such as עיניים " eyes ", as well as some that do not, such as שיניים " teeth "), and some are inherently dual ( such as מכנסיים " pants " and אופניים " bicycle ").

Modern juries tend to be found in courts to ascertain the guilt, or lack thereof, in a crime.

Modern trade unions and management scientists tend to side strongly with Engels in this debate, and generally agree that decentralization is very closely related to standardisation and subordination, e. g. the standard commodity contracts traded on the commodity markets, in which disputes are resolved all according to a jurisdiction and common regulatory system, within the frame of a larger democratic electoral system which can restore any imbalances of power, and which generally retains the support of the population for its authority.

Modern machines tend to read blocks of lower memory into the next level of the memory hierarchy.

Modern safety glasses tend to be given a more stylish design in order to encourage their use.

Modern systems of adoption, arising in the 20th century, tend to be governed by comprehensive statutes and regulations.

Modern historians views tend to see him as either a wily politician and indifferent bishop, or to see him purely in terms of his ecclesiastical failings.

Modern performances which seek authenticity tend to be based on one of three 20th-century performing editions.

Modern historians tend not to share the older view that Walter was the driving force behind the administrative changes during Richard's reign, that Richard was uninterested in government, and that he left all decisions in the hands of his ministers, especially Longchamp and Walter.

Modern critical editions of the New Testament tend to conform most often to Alexandrian witnesses — especially Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus.

Modern training methods tend to de-emphasize careful footwork and low stances, stressing the learning of techniques as opposed to more direct ( and often lethal ) tactics designed to instantly end an encounter.

Modern stamp perforations tend to range from 11 to 13.

Secular Jews tend to speak " Modern Hebrew ".

Modern bottles are difficult to sterilize in boiling water because they tend to float.

Modern flight control systems tend to limit a fighter's angle of attack to well below its maximum aerodynamic limit.